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Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a c

Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty. – Matthew Arnold

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People think that I can teach them style. What stuff it all is. Have something to say and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. – Matthew Arnold

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Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances. – Matthew Arnold

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Culture
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To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. – Matthew Arnold

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If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes. – Michelangelo

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Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive. – Nikos Kazantzakis

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Beauty

Im from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island. – Evangeline Lilly

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I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and its just a big play. – Eric Bana

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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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All I say is that I dont go out with famous men. – Samantha Mumba

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Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load. – Charles Henry Parkhurst

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